Later generations often use the phrase 'incorruptible and useless' to dispel honest officials like Hai Jui, but this is just a dirty-hearted corrupt official and his spokesperson to justify their evil deeds of corruption and perversion of the law.

As for the description of Hai Jui as an eccentric model bureaucrat by a certain professor who 'drank Wu Ang', he is nothing more than an academically imprecked and crooked historical half-ass, standing on the 'end of history' and 'the beacon of mankind' overlooking his home country, and deliberately exaggerating and distorting in order to argue that 'China will lose' and 'the death of the river'.

Of course, you can have different opinions about a person, and of course you can have different opinions about a thing, but at the very least, you can't ignore the facts. For example, these people, they only saw Hai Rui's drastic actions such as slackening law and security and fighting Xu Gelao, but they ignored how he came out of a remote state and county to raise people, and how he stood out from a remote mountainous area of Nanping and was promoted to Chun'an Zhi County. How did he become famous in Chun'an Zhi County and was promoted to Beijing.

People are all based on real talent, real learning, and hard work! It is because he has talents far beyond ordinary officials that he can break the cage of prejudice and discrimination and become a high-ranking official of the imperial court. In fact, his integrity and incorruptibility have dragged down the progress of his career, not because the imperial court wants to establish a moral pacesetter, so he will be promoted to the governor of Yingtian!

The best example of this is this flood control. The management of the Wusong River has always been a major problem in all dynasties, and the problem of flooding of Taihu Lake is almost unsolvable. In the Song, Yuan, and Ming dynasties, the imperial court and local officials tried countless times to solve it, but they returned again and again in vain.

During the Yongle period, the famous Xia Yuanji personally presided over the water control project of the Wusong River. Even a person like him who works as an accountant for Zhu Di

They all felt that they had spent a lot of money, but in the end they also failed.

However, during his tenure as governor of Yingtian, Hai Rui flipped through the materials and records of water control in the past dynasties, went back and forth to the field of wild water in deserted villages, and finally combined the experience of Xia Yuanji and Pan Jitao in water control on the basis of integrating the wisdom of many people, and finally combined the experience of Xia Yuanji and Pan Jitao in water control, and came up with the most advanced water control plan.

Then he personally raised funds, without any support from the imperial court and without the cooperation of the local gentry, he adopted the method of work for relief, mobilized 130,000 victims, and completed the dredging project of the Wusong River and the Baimao River in just three months. At the same time, it also provided relief to the victims of the spring famine......

Since then, 'Taihu Lake has directly entered the sea, and the coastal canals have been able to drain and irrigate the fields, so that the early flooding is prepared, and the annual valley is abundant. Wu Min will always be reliant, and the happiness is endless. Although this statement may be exaggerated by Chinese literati, at least in the more than ten years since Hai Jui's rule, there has been no major flooding in the lower reaches of Taihu Lake.

Moreover, because Hai Jui provided the correct idea of water control, under the continuous management of later generations of officials, Taihu Lake will no longer easily cause floods when it floods again. This gave birth to the future prosperity of Shanghai County, located at the mouth of the Yangtze River, where its function as a hub of river, sea and land was quickly revealed once the flood was brought under control. So merchants soon gathered here to open a port and set up a city, which created the famous Shanghai later.

But in any case, Hai Jui's achievements in water control are remarkable, and the results are convincing. Even the political enemies who did not like him, and the large landowners who slandered him, had to admit that he had a great role in turning the tide. He said, 'The work of the open river is unprecedented. ''Ten thousand years of merit was made by him.'' ''If Hai Gong is willing to take responsibility, can he do this big thing?'' ’

Therefore, those who call such Hai Jui as 'incorruptible and useless' and 'eccentric and unpopular' are historical idiots if not liars. It is self-evident whether the conclusions drawn by these people are reliable or not......

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In the original time and space, Hai Rui took on most of the work alone, including raising funds, recruiting people, supervising the construction on site, and personally managing the accounts to reduce costs. As a result, it only cost less than 70,000 taels in total, and the people involved in the construction of the water conservancy did not feel that it was too hard.

Behind these miracles is Hai Rui's painstaking efforts. It was with superhuman ability and inhuman work intensity that he gnawed this hard bone off.

But now he is no longer alone, he has Zhao Hao, a reliable comrade, and Jiangnan Group, a powerful economy that can help. If you have to fight alone, won't you really be a fool?

In the cabin, Hai Rui spread out a map of the waters of Susong that he drew with his own hands, and said to Zhao Hao in a deep voice:

Through the research during this period of time, coupled with the comparison of the gains and losses of the previous treatment of Taihu Lake, the old man believes that the reason why the previous dynasties have repeatedly failed to control the water. Because of their preconceived ideas, they always regard the Wusong River as the main vein of the Taihu Lake discharge, and put all their efforts on the governance of the Wusong River - but they never thought about whether the Wusong River can still take on the heavy responsibility of discharging the flood for the Taihu Lake? ”

Zhao Hao nodded, in ancient times, the vast Taihu Lake relied on three major rivers - the Loujiang River, the Dongjiang River and the Wusong River to vent into the sea. Later, the first two were silted up one after another, and the Wusong River became the main floodway of Taihu Lake. However, with the change of time and sediment accumulation, the Wusong River has become very shallow and narrow, with an average width of less than 30 zhang.

The old man came to the conclusion that he couldn't. In addition to the narrow channel of the Wusong River itself and the shallow siltation of the lower reaches, it is also because since the Yongle period, Xia Taishi opened Fanjiabang to divert Huangpu water from Wusongkou into the Yangtze River. Huangpu is connected to the lakes and the waters of western Zhejiang, and the water potential is several times that of the Wusong River. Under the hustle and bustle, it has seriously affected the water output of the Wusong River, which is the real reason for the floods every year! ”

"Uh-huh." Zhao Hao nodded, Hai Rui's pulse number is very accurate, Pan Jitao also said so......

"It's like treating someone, the root of the disease is obviously not in the stomach, and no amount of stomach medicine you prescribe can cure it!" Hai Rui focused on Wu Songjiang, who was obviously several circles thinner than Huangpu on the map, and said: "So the old man has a bold idea." We must adapt to this change, accept the reality that 'Pu has taken Song', abandon the traditional concept that 'the Wusong River is the main vein of Taihu Lake discharge', and adopt the principle of 'Huangpu as the mainstay, supplemented by Wusong'. ”

"Uh-huh." Zhao Hao nodded and cheered: "What a 'Huangpu Duosong', high, really high!" ”

"The old man hasn't said what to do...... Hai Rui glanced at him with disgust, but he was very relieved. After he proposed this plan, everyone around him thought he was crazy. Although some people deliberately oppose it for the sake of opposition, most of them are on the basis of facts, and they simply feel that he is whimsical.

Although Hai Rui has already made up his mind to do this, being able to get Zhao Hao's approval is undoubtedly a layer of confidence in him.

"You say what you say, I just listen to it very energetically." Zhao Hao said.

"First of all, I plan to build a dam and build a gate port on the east side of the Jinhuitang of the ancient Dongjiang River, so as to force the upstream water to turn north and take Huangpu instead, so that the ancient Dongjiang River can resume its function and make Huangpu the main flood channel of Taihu Lake. I estimated that the amount of water in Huangpu could be doubled by then. If the river is dug deep and narrowed, it should be able to achieve the effect of 'bunching water and flushing sand' as Pan Zhongcheng said, and wash away the sediment of Wusongkou in one fell swoop, and can also resist the invasion of the Yangtze River sediment very well, so that Wusongkou is completely unblocked! ”

"Good!" Zhao Hao applauded: "Zhongcheng is really a fucking genius, jumping out of the trap and imaginative!" ”

"Do you praise me or hurt me?" Hai Rui squinted at him.

"I think it's a boast, I firmly believe that this is the only correct way, raise my hands and feet in agreement!" Zhao Hao really raised his hands and feet as he said and played a treasure.

"Hurry up, like a little king." Hai Rui looked at him speechlessly, and then said casually: "But I heard that this area is all your kid's land?" ”

"It's from Jiangnan Group, not mine. However, Zhongcheng can be used casually. Zhao Hao immediately said: "As long as the Wusong River can be governed well, it will benefit the people of Wuzhong." Even if the whole Pudong is occupied, Jiangnan Group will not frown! ”

"That's pretty much it." Although Hai Rui expected that Zhao Hao would understand the righteousness, no matter from which point of view, he had to ask him face to face. But he was afraid that the construction period would be delayed, so he wanted to launch the life-killing chain and call Zhao Hao back from overseas.

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"In addition, the downstream of the Wusong River from Huangdu in Jiading County to Songjiaqiao in Shanghai County will be dredged for 80 miles, and the current 30 zhang river channel will be reduced to 15 zhang, and the method of 'harnessing water and attacking sand' will be used to prevent the sediment carried by the Wusong River from being deposited in the Huangpu River." Hai Rui went on to talk about his plan:

"Then the Baimao River in Changshu will be widened from the current four zhang to more than ten zhang, so that Taihu Lake will have one more flood channel to divide the flood potential!"

After speaking, he used a lead to draw three horizontal bars on the map, and said loudly: ""Yu Gong" said, 'The three rivers are in, and the earthquake is fixed', and now Wusong, Huangpu, and Baimao are also counted as three rivers, and the floods of Taihu Lake can be removed!" ”

"Of course, it is impossible to do it once and for all, this time it will be governed, and it can be managed for a maximum of twenty years. It is still necessary for later officials to work diligently to dredge Wuzhong for a long time. Haizhongcheng, who has always been rigorous, added.

"Hmm." Hai Rui's grand water control plan made Zhao Hao deeply encouraged: "Since you want to do it, let's add a few more together, the more flood channels, the better!" ”

"You mean, dredge Lou Jiang again?" Hai Rui heard the string song and knew the meaning of elegance.

As one of the three traditional rivers of Taihu Lake, the Loujiang River has now become the moat of Suzhou, and the water flow is naturally greatly affected. If the Loujiang River waterway can also be dredged and widened, it will naturally greatly improve the flood discharge capacity of Wuzhong.

"Not bad." Zhao Hao nodded.

"It's hard." Hai Rui has already run all over Su Song, how could he not consider this option? The reason why I don't mention it at all is that the Gainlou River is not only a moat in Suzhou, but also directly connects Kunshan and Taicang, and there are many merchants and shops on both sides of the river, and rich businesses. In his opinion, the resistance to widening the river is too great, and the gains outweigh the losses.